Meaning of લેવી in English

The act of rising.
A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.
To attend the levee or levees of.
An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.
To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.
of Levy
A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.
The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.
That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.
The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.
To raise, as a siege.
To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.
To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
To gather or exact; as, to levy money.
To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.
To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods.
Sick.
To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find.
To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech.
To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
To make search or inquiry: to endeavor to make discovery.